Monday 29 April

• EU Council. ‘Agriculture and Fisheries’ Council (Luxembourg) (see EUROPE 13399/18). * Agriculture: - Situation in the agricultural sector: debate on the response to the current situation in the agricultural sector, in particular the measures proposed by the Commission (simplification of rules, etc.) and on the implementation of the CAP in the various Member States (annual performance reports). - Future of the CAP: at lunch, strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture. - Trade: debate on negotiations on trade in agricultural products with third countries, in particular Ukraine. - Any other business: de minimis aid arrangements; contributions of the bioeconomy. * Fisheries: - Fisheries control: information from Latvia and Lithuania on the problems of implementing Article 14 of the Regulation concerning the margin of tolerance authorised in the fishing of pelagic species.
• EU Council. Informal meeting of the ‘General Affairs’ Council (Brussels - 29-30/04). - Celebration of the 20th anniversary of the 2004 enlargement.
• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Management (Civcom). - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF). - ‘Justice/Home Affairs’ Advisers.

Tuesday 30 April

• EU Council. Informal meeting of the ‘General Affairs’ Council (Brussels). - Working sessions on the enlargement process and lessons learned: exchange of views with the candidate countries on the Rule of law in the enlargement process. - Round table discussion on the importance and strengthening of the Rule of law in an enlarged Union. - Working lunch on the future of the EU.
• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - European Union Military Committee (EUMC). - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Political and Security Committee (PSC). - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF).
• Court of Justice of the EU (Luxembourg). #Judgments: - C-470/21(La Quadrature du Net and others - Personal data and the fight against counterfeiting - does Union law preclude national legislation allowing the retention by providers of electronic communications services and access by a limited administrative authority to civil identity data corresponding to IP addresses, so that the latter can identify the holders of those addresses who are suspected of being responsible for infringements of intellectual copyrights and related rights?). - C-178/22 (Procura della Repubblica presso il Tribunale di Bolzano - what is the scope of the prior review which a court must carry out under a provision of national law which requires it to authorise access to data held by providers of electronic communications services?). - C-670/22 (M.N. - EncroChat - can a European investigative decision for the transmission of evidence already collected by another Member State be adopted by a public prosecutor without infringing Union law?). #Conclusions: - C-650/22 (FIFA - do FIFA’s rules on the mobility of professional players engaged in a contractual relationship with a club constitute a restriction on the free movement of workers within the territory of the Member States?).

Thursday 2 May

• EU Council. Preparatory bodies (Brussels): - Military Committee Working Group (EUMCWG). - Trade Policy Committee (Experts - services and investment). - Political and Security Committee (PSC). - Headline Goal Task Force (HTF).